Josh's 55g Reef Journal

[joshinjosh]

Nice and neat! Great job Josh

hehe, i wish i could say that about my silicone job, im just hoping coraline will one day cover it up

 

[Reefdaddy1]

It looking real good Josh. Hope your going to college for marine Bio, That would be all tax write offs for ya there. LOL

 

[joshinjosh]

It looking real good Josh. Hope your going to college for marine Bio, That would be all tax write offs for ya there. LOL

hehe, thats a really good idea, except i'd have to got hawaii or florida to do that cause its all salmon over here, haha

 

[joshinjosh]

Some Rocks

finally i can add some water to the tank after all this time and this means i get to start aquascaping, here's all the rocks i get to choose from for my tank

some rocks

some rocks with flash

 

[Krish]

Those are some really nice pieces Josh! You should be able to do wonders with it! Best of luck!

 

[joshinjosh]

Those are some really nice pieces Josh! You should be able to do wonders with it! Best of luck!

thanks man, i've just finished the aquascaping and ill post some picture a bit later after the the water clears up

 

[brady816]

very nice setup man cant wait for some new pics...

 

[joshinjosh]

Skimmer Test

here's some pictures of my skimmer few minutes right after i turn it on, great foam action i might add...

 

[Krish]

Not bad at all Josh! My skimmer took about a week to foam like that!

 

[joshinjosh]

yea...previous skimmers took a few days to foam like that also... you got me wondering because this is just a test with freshly mixed salt water

 

[chrisdaphish]

i cant even imagine the mess u made with the live rock...=)

anyways i hope ur aquascaping looks niice... if not that sucks=P ill just redo it for u!

 

[barrierreefcf]

LOL....Too funny Chris

 

[joshinjosh]

Up and Running...

i finally got all the plumbing finished and now i finished adding all the live rock, hopefully i could start adding livestock in a couple week til the tank levels out and stablizes, im going to add a cleanup crew, then fish, then the coral (in that order) here are some pictures, enjoy! the tanks were a bit cloudy when i took the pictures, but here they are

first full tank shot

the halide shimma! oh my

different angles

brown paly hitchhiker..... must die!

 

[Krish]

Very nice Josh! Nice open spaces as well for fish to swim in and for flow...Very nice

 

[shallowreef]

I love the rockwork You'll be able to put a lot of corals in there.

 

[joshinjosh]

Very nice Josh! Nice open spaces as well for fish to swim in and for flow...Very nice

yup, plenty of hiding space for small fishes (soon to come)

I love the rockwork You'll be able to put a lot of corals in there.

yea i can't wait!

 

[Mauisreef]

Roooooking Good!

 

[Scooterman]

Really nice set-up Josh, can't wait to see it progress.

 

[joshinjosh]

thanks for your complements guys

 

[joshinjosh]

Green Hair Algea

yay, i got some green hair algea growing and its only been less than 2 days! im soo happy i'm a little hesistant about adding anything into such an unestablished tank so i'll wait a bit longer to add my first cleaner crew. im so happy my tank is growing up

it's all over the walls